100 best paintings in London: National Gallery
Leading artists, gallery owners, curators and critics pick the best paintings to be seen in the capital
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The daddy of London's art collections was founded in 1824 to display a collection of just 36 paintings, today the National Gallery is home to more than 2,000 works. There are masterpieces from virtually every European school of art.
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Painting to see at the National Gallery
'Doge Leonardo Loredan' - Giovanni Bellini
WHEN? 1501
I LIKE IT See also 'Madonna of the Meadow'
I LIKE IT See also 'Madonna of the Meadow'
'Madonna of the Meadow' - Giovanni Bellini
WHEN? 1500
I LIKE IT See also 'Doge Leonardo Loredan'
I LIKE IT See also 'Doge Leonardo Loredan'
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'Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns)' - Hieronymus Bosch
WHEN? 1490
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
'Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist' - Caravaggio
WHEN? 1607
I LIKE IT See also 'The Supper at Emmaus'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Supper at Emmaus'
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'The Supper at Emmaus' - Caravaggio
WHEN? 1601
I LIKE IT See also 'Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist'
I LIKE IT See also 'Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist'
'Cupid Complaining to Venus' - Lucas Cranach
WHEN? 1525
I LIKE IT See also 'An Allegory with Venus and Cupid'
I LIKE IT See also 'An Allegory with Venus and Cupid'
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'The Annunciation' - Crivelli
WHEN? 1486
I LIKE IT See also 'Madonna of the Meadow'
I LIKE IT See also 'Madonna of the Meadow'
'Combing the Hair' - Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
WHEN? 1896
I LIKE IT See also 'The Beach at Trouville'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Beach at Trouville'
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'The Baptism of Christ' - Piero della Francesca
WHEN? 1450
I LIKE IT See also 'The Nativity'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Nativity'
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'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' - Hans Holbein the Younger
WHEN? 1526
I LIKE IT See also 'The Ambassadors'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Ambassadors'
'The Ambassadors' - Hans Holbein the Younger
WHEN? 1533
I LIKE IT See also 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling'
I LIKE IT See also 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling'
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'A Wall in Naples' - Thomas Jones
WHEN? 1782
I LIKE IT See also 'Study of Cirrus Clouds'
I LIKE IT See also 'Study of Cirrus Clouds'
'The Execution of Maximilion' - Edouard Manet
WHEN? 1867
I LIKE IT See also 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère'
I LIKE IT See also 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère'
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'The Beach at Trouville' - Claude Monet
WHEN? 1870
I LIKE IT See also 'Combing the Hair'
I LIKE IT See also 'Combing the Hair'
'A Woman Bathing in a Stream' - Rembrandt van Rijn
WHEN? 1654
I LIKE IT See also 'Girl at a Window'
I LIKE IT See also 'Girl at a Window'
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'Portrait of Margharete de Geer' - Rembrandt van Rijn
WHEN? 1661
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
'Self-Portrait at the Age of 63' - Rembrandt van Rijn
WHEN? 1669
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
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'Surprised' - Henri Rousseau
WHEN? 1891
I LIKE IT See also 'The Three Dancers'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Three Dancers'
'The Interior of the Grote Kerk at Haarlem' - Pieter Saenredam
WHEN? 1636-7
I LIKE IT See also 'The Laughing Cavalier'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Laughing Cavalier'
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'Bathers at Asnières' - Georges Seurat
WHEN? 1884
I LIKE IT See also 'Mont Sainte-Victoire with a Large Pine'
I LIKE IT See also 'Mont Sainte-Victoire with a Large Pine'
'Whistlejacket' - George Stubbs
WHEN? 1762
I LIKE IT See also 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'
I LIKE IT See also 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'
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'Bacchus and Ariadne' - Titian
WHEN? 1520
I LIKE IT See also 'The Death of Actaeon'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Death of Actaeon'
'Diana and Actaeon' - Titian
WHEN? 1556
I LIKE IT See also 'The Death of Actaeon'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Death of Actaeon'
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'The Death of Actaeon' - Titian
WHEN? 1559
I LIKE IT See also 'Diana and Actaeon'
I LIKE IT See also 'Diana and Actaeon'
'Rain, Steam and Speed' - JMW Turner
WHEN? 1844
I LIKE IT See also 'The Fighting Temeraire'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Fighting Temeraire'
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'The Fighting Temeraire' - JMW Turner
WHEN? 1839
I LIKE IT See also 'Peace: Burial at Sea'
I LIKE IT See also 'Peace: Burial at Sea'
'Battle of San Romano' - Uccello
WHEN? 1438-1440
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
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'The Wilton Diptych' - Unknown artist
WHEN? 1395
I LIKE IT See also 'The Baptism of Christ'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Baptism of Christ'
'The Arnolfini Portrait' - Jan Van Eyck
WHEN? 1434
I LIKE IT See also 'Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns)'
I LIKE IT See also 'Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns)'
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'The Rokeby Venus' - Diego Velázquez
WHEN? 1647
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
'A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal' - Johannes Vermeer
WHEN? 1670
I LIKE IT See also 'The Guitar Player'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Guitar Player'
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'The Burlington House Cartoon' - Leonardo da Vinci
WHEN? 1499
I LIKE IT See also 'The Annunciation'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Annunciation'
'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump' - Joseph Wright of Derby
WHEN? 1768
I LIKE IT See also 'Mr and Mrs Andrews'
I LIKE IT See also 'Mr and Mrs Andrews'
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'A Cup of Water and a Rose' - Francisco de Zurburán
WHEN? 1630
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
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